Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. Uber’s CEO tells us they ‘do the right thing, period.’
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2019
Urban planners should plant hedges—or a combination of trees with hedges—rather than just relying on roadside trees if they are most effectively to reduce pollution exposure from cars in near-road environments, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
New research by George Mason University found that exposure to certain air pollutants is linked to increased emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The study is published in the journal Environment International. We estimated associations between twelve ambient air pollutants of both primary (e.g.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
By disrupting normal societal activities such as driving, COVID-19 lockdowns afforded a unique opportunity to study their impacts on the environment. On a national or global scale, most NH 3 pollution comes from agricultural sources, such as livestock manure. Bowman, Tzung-May Fu, and Muhammad O. 1c00730.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2019
A new study led by University of Chicago researchers finds an association between exposure to environmental pollution and an increase in the prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders. Our studies in the United States and Denmark show that living in polluted areas, especially early in life, is predictive of mental disorders.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2019
Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. However, this research finds that it reduces only a small fraction of carbon emissions, and it usually increases air pollution. A study by Mark Z. —Mark Jacobson.
CleanTechnica EVs
MARCH 23, 2022
UK Environment Secretary George Eustice made some notable comments recently that got picked up by The Daily Mail. These comments were about EVs, that they produce more fine particulate matter through brake and tire pollution than traditional ICE vehicles.
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